For our second most we have included several definitions and quotes for a range of sources. We hope that these will build up your understanding and knowledge of interdependence.
“A reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups)” Thefreedictionary.com
"Interdependence – the connections between different components of systems or between separate systems which mean that changes in one will necessarily cause changes in another."
"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe" John Muir (1911) My First Summer in the Sierra.
Interdependence, as a concept in the Key Stage 3 Geography curriculum is defined as 'Exploring the social, economic, environmental and political connections between places and understanding the significance of interdependence in change, at all scales.' National Curriculum, QCDA, 2009.
The following video is an interview with Bill Clinton, where he describes how the modern world can be "characterised by one word...interdependence".
We believe that interdependence refers to a globalised world or world-community in which we live in, whereby it is almost impossible to find an area of the world or a group of people that exists completely independently of another. Interdependence is not just links between countries but between people, cultures, societies, environments and economies. These connections have always existed, its just that the intensity of these global connections has increased.
In our blog over the next few weeks we shall aim to explore a little more as to what this term means. We shall look at several practical examples and comment on some of the implications, both positive and negative. In doing this we shall consider what has been written about interdependence in academic literature and various forms of media. Finally we shall consider how we can apply the term and make it understandable in a secondary educational context.
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